The Safety of Fans in the North Stand

[Wearside Wanderer II]

It's not going to happen. I've just told you it's apparently been rejected by the council and police. Like somebody else also posted.... trouble is allegedly down 60% since they moved.

People need to accept they aren't going back in the south stand.

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Some are going on like teenage bairns

 

[SAFC_Jack]

I absolutely agree that it needs sorting. But people need to stop going on about the south stand as an easy fix when it's not feasible at all.

They need to hoy a net up.

The mistake was moving them in the first place.

Nowt has changed since that Coventry match which is pathetic.

 

[Mowgli]

The ground was designed to have the away fans in the south stand.

Better tell the police and SAG then who have refused it.

Do you expect the club to relocate anyway and forget out a safety certificate like?

The mistake was moving them in the first place.

Nowt has changed since that Coventry match which is pathetic.

I couldn't agree more

 

[Roker Scoreboard]

Better tell the police and SAG then who have refused it.

Do you expect the club to relocate anyway and forget out a safety certificate like?

I couldn't agree more

How come the away fans were in the south stand for over a decade after the stadium opened?

 

[Mowgli]

How come the away fans were in the south stand for over a decade after the stadium opened?

Ask the police and sAG who have said no. @Guinness Guzzler will be better placed than me to explain im sure.

But I think they've said there's far less trouble with them where they are now.

 

[Wansbeck Viking]

FAO of the club,

Putting a sign on the scoreboard and having the bloke with a microphone saying stop throwing stuff isn’t working!

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

There's no point though, I'm not an expert in law but the club will just reply that they had discussions with the police and council and they approved their safety certificate and are doing x, y and z. It'll be instantly thrown out in court if you even managed to get it there.

Unless your planning to take Northumbria Police to court aswell but good luck with that.

No judge will look at anything on the basis that damage might happen. There's nothing to pin liability on.

 

[tony_not_in_london]

There's no point though, I'm not an expert in law but the club will just reply that they had discussions with the police and council and they approved their safety certificate and are doing x, y and z. It'll be instantly thrown out in court if you even managed to get it there.

Unless your planning to take Northumbria Police to court aswell but good luck with that.

The point is not to “take them to court”.

But up the ante on them if they fail to take action - effective action which brings this to a stop - and then something happens

It is like a chess move

The worst happens and then SAFC dispute liability and then argue over quantum of damages

But if the fans have a formal letter on record pointing to incidents A B C D E and stating they don’t think current measures are effective, does the club agree and therefore what is the club doing about it?

And then the club ignores it

They risk having the book thrown at them

And that could include personal responsibility for senior staff and Board members

Which should concentrate minds - unless they are determined to be thick

 

[Hank Scorpio]

After today and seeing the mother with her disabled kid in tears, having to leave the ground it's gone too far man.... Couldn't care less about any arguments of location, they need to move them asap.

I’ve already moved my family for next season mate. I’ve had the same seats for years but it’s not worth the aggro anymore

I saw the disabled fan leaving and it was heartbreaking.

Where the fuck is the club statement highlighting the bellend behaviour? It’s almost like they are embarrassed

 

[forever changes]

FAO of the club,

Putting a sign on the scoreboard and having the bloke with a microphone saying stop throwing stuff isn’t working!

It’s embarrassing

 

[Father Jack Hackett]

How many times is this going to happen before the powers that be start looking after it's own fans and, in particular, bairns? f***ing wankers.

 

[Daffy]

Was the milky bar kid & young Taverners around ? Seemed to be large police presence

 

[Hank Scorpio]

The mistake was moving them in the first place.

Nowt has changed since that Coventry match which is pathetic.

And the scumbag Coventry fans haven’t been charged either. In a stadium full of CCTV, a total c unt chucked a glass bottle which could have killed someone and yet the club can’t identify them

 

[Father Jack Hackett]

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Some are going on like teenage bairns

About things being thrown down from a height onto bairns?

 

[garyeaststand]

The ground was designed to have the away fans in the south stand.

It wouldn’t be hard to change that, south east corner is the only place to put them

 

[Hank Scorpio]

How many times is this going to happen before the powers that be start looking after it's own fans and, in particular, bairns? f***ing wankers.

Sadly, things will only change when someone is seriously hurt. All season items have landed in the NS and the club have done nothing

 

[Roker Scoreboard]

Ask the police and sAG who have said no. @Guinness Guzzler will be better placed than me to explain im sure.

But I think they've said there's far less trouble with them where they are now.

Far less trouble and increased risk of a fan in the North Lower being seriously injured.... I'll just take the club are happy with that risk then.

Say again at the Coventry match a fan could have been killed if the glass bottle had struck them on the head. Nothing was made of it in general, and it's been swept under the carpet. Shit show from the club and people making these decisions.

 

[Wearside Wanderer II]

About things being thrown down from a height onto bairns?

No, moving away fans to the south stand.

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

Was the milky bar kid & young Taverners around ? Seemed to be large police presence

They got nicked after the fracas outside the Wheatsheaf following the Luton game, and are banned from coming within about half a mile of the SoL on matchdays until their case is heard.

 

[FalkirkMackem]

Sadly, things will only change when someone is seriously hurt. All season items have landed in the NS and the club have done nothing

This. If nobody is majorly injured then nothing will change as it will cost money to do anything to prevent this kind of thing and the ownership just won’t or don’t have it to spend